Samuel bebkovitz



S. BERKOVITZ. SPOOL HOLDING APPARATUS FOR FACTORY MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED MAR-5.1918.

1,303,015. Patented May 6, 1919. 1 91.

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SAMUEL BERKOVITZ, OF NEW YORK, N/Y.

SPOOL-HOLDING ArrAne'rUs menswear-MACHINES.

Application filed March 5, 1918. Serial No. 220/1981 To aZZ whom. it may concern Be it known that l, SAMUEL BERKOVITZ, a subject of the King of Roumania, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved SpoolHoldin Apparatus for F:tctory-Machiues, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objec's which the present invention has in view are: to prevent tampering with thread supplied to various mechanics in factories where thread employed; to facilitate the keeping of stock accounts, and particularly of the stock of thread used in factories employing the same, and to prevent the purloining of thread by mechanics using the same.

Drawings.

ance with the present invention, the section being taken as on the line 11 in Fig.2;

Fig. 2 1s a horizontal section on an enlar ed scale of said a )aratus the section being taken as on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on an enlarged scale, of the apparatus, the section being taken as on the line 33 in Fig. 1;

Fig. t is a detail view showing in vertical section a portion of the mechanism of the locking mechanism with which the apparatus is provided, the section being taken as on the line -fi-4l in Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on an enlarged scale, the section being taken as on the line 5 5 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a cross section on an enlarged scale of the mounting for the apparatus, the section being taken as on the line 66 in Fig. 1.

Descm'p tz'o'n.

As seen in the drawings, the apparatus is designed to hold eight spools of thread, the spools in the drawings being indicated by broken lines and designated by the numeral 11. These spools are rotativelv mounted on pins 12. The pins 12 are preferably provided with enlarged bases 13 mounted in an annular channel 14, which is inclosed and sealed. The pins 12 and bases 13 thereof are rotatively mounted in the base plate 15 and in the channel 14. While the base plate 15 and channel ll suspended beneath the Specification 01" Lettcrsiatent.

Patented May, 6, 1919.

same are shown as rectangular in shape, it willbe understood that there is no limitation as to the shape orextentof the area of said plate and channel. I

The plate 15 is rigidlyattached to" a standard 16. The standard 16 is mounted in a: pedestal 17, the base plate 13 whereof is held inserviee position by screws 19. At the upper end of the standard'lo is a canopy 20, from'theedge whereof are pendent eyelets 21, through which is passed thread which is carried from'the spools 11". Intermediate the spools 11 and slidably mounted on the standard 16,-is acover 23. The rover 23. has a series of openings 24, the edge 25 whereof is curled to avoid abrading the thread 22 which is'passed therethrough.

' As seen best in Fig-11 0f the drawin the pins 12 extend upward through the openings2 l. The cover 23 is shaped in correspondence withthe'plate 15' and is provided with central tube 26, as shown in said figure. The cover 23 "with its tube 26,- freely slida-ble on the standard 16, except when locked in its lowered position, in which position it prevents the lifting of the spools 11 from the pins 12.

Pendent from and permanently attached to the plate 15, is a lock case 27 in which is mounted a lock28 of conventional design having a bolt 29 and'a keyhole 30, as seen best in Fin". 1 of the drawings.

In the lowered position of the cover 23, a hook 31 with which the tube 26 is provided, passes through an opening furnished in the top of the case 27 and extends below the bolt 29 of the lock 28 when the case is moved by the key outward therefrom. In this posi tion, the bolt 29 holds the cover 23 rigid and prevents the lift thereof.

The key which operates the lock 28 is usually carried by the superintendent of the factory or the keeper of the thread. When a mechanic requires thread, request is made to the keeper and the lock 28 is opened to permit the lifting of the cover 23. After the new thread has been placed on its particular pin 12, the cover 23 is lowered and the lock closed.

It will be understood that as a rule this apparatus is mounted on the work-table, bench or stand of a sewing machineand is intended for installation in factories where the mechanics use an assortment" of threads. In many instances, it has been the habit of the mechanics to appropriate a partially filled spool, and this trifling loss to the con cern becomes serious When multiplied by the number of mechanics employed. By using an apparatus constructed and arranged as above described and shown, this purloining is avoided.

The plate 15 and casing 27 are rigidly attached to the standard 16. The standard 16 is held in service on the pedestal 17 or similar structure by means of a set screw 32. The set screw .32 is operable for releasing the standard 16 and parts associated therewith, the object being to permit the mechanic using the apparatus to detach the same from the machine or stand in order to take the former to thestockroom for supplies. In any event, it will be understood that the shop -keeper, superintendent, or other person in authority, is in possession of the key by means of which the bolt 29 may be withdrawn from engagement with the hook 31.

Claims.

1. An apparatus as characterized comprising a supporting plate having a key-operated lock pendent therefrom; a standard permanently secured to said supporting plate and look; a plurality of spool-holding pins mounted on said supporting plate in perpendicular relation thereto; a cover plate for said pins, said cover plate having a plurality of openings for guiding the thread from the spool on each of said pins; and a.

tubular support for said co 'er plate infold- 1.

plate and lock; a plurality of spool-holding pins mounted on said supporting plate in perpendicular relation thereto; a cover plate for said pins, said cover plate having a plurality of openings for guiding the thread from the spool on each of said pins; {1' tubular support for said cover plate infolding said standard in sliding relation thereto. said support having a hooklike extension for engagement by said lock when said cover plate is in service relation to said pins and said supporting plate; and a canopy, said canopy having guiding means for the thread delivered from the spools mounted on said pins.

SAMUEL BERKOVITZ.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for fiye cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

